"IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST.FRANCIS OF ASSISI"-,THE MAN OF PEACE WHO WENT TO THE SULTAN IN EGYPT TO TRY TO CONVERT HIM.HERE IS "WIKIPEDIA" ENTRY:"IN 1219 FRANCIS LEFT,TOGETHER WITH A FEW COMPANIONS,ON A PILGRIMAGE OF NON VIOLENCE OF EGYPT.CROSSING THE LINES BETWEEN THE SULTAN MELEK-EL-KAMEL.[1][14]FRANCIS CHALLENGED THE MUSLIM SCHOLARs TO A TEST OF TRUE RELIGION BY FIRE;BUT THEY RETREATED.[1]WHEN FRANCIS PROPOSED TO ENTER THE FIRE FIRST,UNDER THE CONDITION THAT IF HE LEFT THE FIRE UNHARMED,THE SULTAN WOULD HAVE TO RECOGNIZE CHRIST AS THE TRUE GOD,THE SULTAN WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT HE ALLOWED FRANCIS TO PREACH TO HIS SUBJECT.[1][15]THOUGH FRANCIS DID NOT SUCCEED IN CONVERTING THE SULTAN,THE LAST WORDs OF THE SULTAN TO FRANCIS OF ASSISI WERE,ACCORDING TO JACQUES DE VIRTY,BISHOP OF ACRE,IN HIS BOOK"HISTORIA OCCIDENTALIS,DE ORDINE ET PRAEDICATIONE FRATRUM MINORUM(1221)":"PRAY FOR ME THAT GOD MAY DEIGN TO REVEAL TO ME THAT LAW AND FAITH WHICH IS MOST PLEASING TO HIM"..[16]...ST.FRANCIS OF ASSISI,PRAY FOR US.
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